Harghita County Council (HARG)

Harghita County Council is the local public administration of Harghita County with one President - elected directly by the citizens for a mandate of 4 years - and 30 County Councillors, including the two Vice-Presidents of the county council. In brief the following activities and responsibilities belong to the action sphere of the county council and of its subordinated institutions: 

1. Responsabilities related to the county level infrastructure and public acquisitions, preservation of cultural patrimony and historical monuments, assistance in urbanism and construction certification; 
2. Investments and economic development, international, EU funded and structural projects’ management; 
3. Development and implementation of county level programmes on several fields of interest: culture, youth, religion, schools, civil society, social assistance, health, agriculture, rural development, tourism, renewable energy, mountain rescue and mountain area development, library, arts and registrar; 
4. County level events organization and protocol, relation with mass-media, human resources, international relations and coordination of the local public authorities of the county. 

Harghita County Council, responsible for the county's infrastructure, is particularly concerned with the environmental hazards posed by tailings management facilities. The Council will contribute its experience in policy development, stakeholder engagement, and public consultation to the SAFETY4TMF project.